Storia do Mogor 65.29.7

65.29.7

This invention was to leave everyone in doubt, so that they could not decide upon which elephant Murad Bakhsh was mounted, should they intend any outbreak. The whole business was carried out with the greatest secrecy. The hour of night was also chosen, in order that if anyone attempted a rising it could not easily be carried out; the time of feasting was chosen because Murad Bakhsh's officers were at the tents of others, separated from their soldiers. Therefore, if any officer well affected to Murad Bakhsh should attempt anything in defence of his master, he would be stopped by his (Aurangzeb's) adherents, to whom he had promised many and valuable presents if they allowed no one to issue from their tents.